From: Petter Reinholdtsen <pere@hungry.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2010 20:11:10 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Fix typos and improve langauge.
X-Git-Url: https://pere.pagekite.me/gitweb/homepage.git/commitdiff_plain/168d12aa5a152cf6edc4c08d5e96bd5122bb7131

Fix typos and improve langauge.
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diff --git a/blog/data/2010-12-10-bitcoin.txt b/blog/data/2010-12-10-bitcoin.txt
index 430e7915b7..0c15dd761c 100644
--- a/blog/data/2010-12-10-bitcoin.txt
+++ b/blog/data/2010-12-10-bitcoin.txt
@@ -7,34 +7,36 @@ Date: 2010-12-10 09:00
 <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/12/06/wikileaks/index.html">governmental
 attacks</a> on Wikileak and
 <a href="http://www.salon.com/technology/dan_gillmor/2010/12/06/war_on_speech">free
-speech</a>, it has become obvious that paypal, visa and mastercard can
+speech</a>, it has become obvious that PayPal, visa and mastercard can
 not be trusted to handle money transactions.
 A blog post from
 <a href="http://webmink.com/2010/12/06/now-accepting-bitcoin/">Simon
-Phipps on bitcoin</a> reminded me about the project that a friend of
-mine mentioned earlier.  I decided to follow Simons example, and get
+Phipps on bitcoin</a> reminded me about a project that a friend of
+mine mentioned earlier.  I decided to follow Simon's example, and get
 involved with <a href="http://www.bitcoin.org/">BitCoin</a>.  I got
 some help from my friend to get it all running, and he even handed me
 some bitcoins to get started.  I even donated a few bitcoins to Simon
-for helping me to remember bitcoins.</p>
+for helping me remember BitCoin.</p>
 
 <p>So, what is bitcoins, you probably wonder?  It is a digital
 crypto-currency, decentralised and handled using peer-to-peer
-networks.  It allow anonymous transactions and prohibit central
+networks.  It allows anonymous transactions and prohibits central
 control over the transactions, making it impossible for governments
 and companies alike to block donations and other transactions.  The
 source is free software, and while the key dependency wxWidgets 2.9
 for the graphical user interface is missing in Debian, the command
-line client build just fine.  Hopefully Jonas
+line client builds just fine.  Hopefully Jonas
 <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/578157">will get the package into
 Debian</a> soon.</p>
 
 <p>Bitcoins can be converted to other currencies, like USD and EUR.
-There are companies accepting bitcoins when selling services and
-goods, and there are even currency "stock" markets where the exchange
-rate is decided.  There are not many users so far, but the concept
-seem promising.  If you want to get started and lack a friend without
-any bitcoins to spare, you can even get
+
+There are <a href="http://www.bitcoin.org/trade">companies accepting
+bitcoins</a> when selling services and goods, and there are even
+currency "stock" markets where the exchange rate is decided.  There
+are not many users so far, but the concept seems promising.  If you
+want to get started and lack a friend without any bitcoins to spare,
+you can even get
 <a href="https://freebitcoins.appspot.com/">some for free</a> (0.05
 bitcoin at the time of writing).  Use
 <a href="http://www.bitcoinwatch.com/">BitcoinWatch</a> to keep an eye
@@ -42,5 +44,5 @@ on the current exchange rates.</p>
 
 <p>As an experiment, I have decided to set up bitcoind on one of my
 machines.  If you want to support my activity, please send Bitcoin
-donations to the address to the address
+donations to the address
 <b>15oWEoG9dUPovwmUL9KWAnYRtNJEkP1u1b</b>.  Thank you!</p>